Historic Railroads Network

Overview This feature service provides spatial data representing historic railroad lines within a defined geographic area. It focuses on documenting the legacy rail infrastructure that once supported regional transportation and commerce. Feature Layers Railroads (Historic): This layer captures detailed information about historic railroad tracks including their lengths and identities. It utilizes line geometries to depict rail alignments, highlighting attributes such as the railroad name and associated infrastructure identifiers. The data supports historical research, preservation planning, and transportation heritage studies. Geographic Coverage The dataset represents historic railroads primarily within a regional extent of the mid-Atlantic United States, encompassing parts of Maryland and neighboring areas around Washington D.C. Use Cases Historic transportation network analysis Support for cultural resource management and heritage preservation Planning for recreational trails on abandoned railroad corridors